Police absolve Adebajo, two others of allegations

The Police have absolved Justice Adeniyi Adebajo of a Lagos High Court, Igbosere and two of his siblings, Gboyega and Wemimo, of the allegations made against him in several petitions allegedly signed by his mother, Mrs Irene Alake Adebajo and some non-governmental organisations (NGOs) for want of evidence.

The Police said “it perceived the petitions to be frivolous and would not be taken serious for want of evidence”.

The report of the examination of the document signed by the Forensic document Examiner, Assistant Superintendent of Police(ASP) R.A. Onwuzuligbo dated April 16, 2013, sources said, indicated that the petitions purportedly signed by the mother of Justice Adebajo may have been written two persons.

The petitions have alleged that Justice Adebajo and two of his siblings, Gboyega and Wemimo, assaulted, brutalised and threatened the life of their mother, Mrs Irene Adebajo, with intent to cause her bodily harm among others.

In all, about nine petitions dated between November 2, 2011 and March 20, 2013, against Justice Adebajo were examined by the Forensic Science Laboratory, D’ department(Force C.I.D.), Nigeria Police Force, Ikoyi ,Lagos. They were marked “A, A1, B,C,D,E,F,G, and H” and examined and compared on whether they were signed by one signatory. All the petitions were referred to the X-Squad section for discreet investigation.

According to the report, the “scientific examination and comparison via video spectral comparator (VSC-5000) and other distinguished apparatus carried out on the written signatures in the relevant columns of the documents marked ‘A,B,C,D,E,F,G and H’ revealed inherent features of disparity between signatures on documents marked ‘A-A1’ and signatures on documents marked ‘B-H’”.

The Police said “the written signatures in the columns of ‘Irene Alake Adebajo (Mrs.) and deponent on documents marked ‘A’ and ‘A1’ were written by one writer. “Written signatures in the columns of ‘Mrs Irene alake Adebajo’ and Olori Irene Alake Adebajo’ on documents marked “B,C,D,E,F,G and H’ were written by one writer. “The writer of written signatures in the relevant columns of documents marked ‘A’ and ‘A1’ is different to the writer of written signatures in the relevant columns of document marked ‘B,C,d,E,F,G and H’, the police forensic examiner stated.

Another report signed by an Assistant Commissioner of Police (Admininstration), Ngozi Ilo, on behalf of the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, according to sources, stated that investigations conducted further revealed that the issues involved was a family matter.

“Besides, the allegations made could not be substantiated with proofs as the petitioner refused to turn up on invitation to buttress her claim.

“From the foregoing, it can be established from the available findings that it is more of a family issue as the petitioner is of age and her only daughter, one Princess Gloria Adebajo-Fraser took custody of her because of her state of health due to old age, though without the consent of her brothers or other members of the family and this development caused disharmony in the relationship between them which resulted in the allegations,” it added.